{"cve":"CVE-2012-3542","nvd":{"published":"2012-09-05T23:55:02.523","modified":"2026-06-16T23:43:26.250","status":"Modified","description":"OpenStack Keystone, as used in OpenStack Folsom before folsom-rc1 and OpenStack Essex (2012.1), allows remote attackers to add an arbitrary user to an arbitrary tenant via a request to update the user's default tenant to the administrative API.  NOTE: this identifier was originally incorrectly assigned to an open redirect issue, but the correct identifier for that issue is CVE-2012-3540.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-264"],"references":["http://secunia.com/advisories/50467","http://secunia.com/advisories/50494","http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/30/6","http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55326","http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1552-1"],"products":["openstack:essex","openstack:horizon"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:25:53.526315492+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2012-3542","score":0.025,"percentile":0.84701,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[{"id":"GHSA-gf2q-j2qq-pjf2","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-gf2q-j2qq-pjf2","summary":"OpenStack Keystone Allows Remote User Account Creation","modified":"2026-09-10T03:49:33.568666377Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"PyPI","name":"keystone","purl":"pkg:pypi/keystone","ranges":["<2012.1"],"fixed":["2012.1"]}]},{"id":"PYSEC-2012-19","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/PYSEC-2012-19","summary":"","modified":"2026-06-10T17:01:57.058152420Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"PyPI","name":"keystone","purl":"pkg:pypi/keystone","ranges":["all versions"],"fixed":[]}]}],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}